Jar or glass closure.



No.7'78,004. V PATENTED DEC. 20, 1904.

J. BNIG an J. BGHR.

JARV 0R GLASS CLOSURE.

APPLIOATIOF ILD APR. 27, 1904.

NO MODEL.

UNITED STATES Patented December 20, 1904.

PATENT OEEIcE.

JAR OR GLASS CLOSURE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 778,004, dated December 20, 1904. Application filed April 27, 1.904. Serial N0. 205,193.

T0 a/ZZ whom, t may concern.'

Be it known that we, JOSEPH BNIG, a sub- Ject of the Emperor of Germany, and JOHANN POHR, a subject of the Emperor of Austria- Hungary, residing at McKees Rocks, in the county of Allegheny and State oi' Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful 1mprovements in Jar or Glass Closures, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention has relation to jar and glass closures, and has for its object the provision of novel means for holding the top or lid of the jar or glass securely in position thereon.

In carrying our invention into eiiect we provide a jar, glass, or other vessel to which a lid or cap is to be applied with a groove or iiange, and we provide a cap adapted to t in the mouth of the glass or other vessel and an interposed elastic ring, so as to produce an air-tight joint, and we secure the cap or lid in position by means of a device composed of two members pivotally attached together, one of the said members being provided with two downwardly-extending legs with inwardlyturned lower ends and the other member having one downwardly-depending leg with an inwardly-turned end, this device being so constructed that when applied to a glass or jar having a iiange or a groove near its mouth the inwardly-turned ends on the legs of the two members above mentioned will enter the groove or rest under the flange and the members being of such length that when one of them is swung around upon the other the said members will be locked tightly in position and the lid held firmly upon the vessel.

In the accompanying drawings, wherein we have illustrated our invention as applied to a jelly-glass of ordinary form, Figure 1 is a side elevation of such glass with our improvements applied thereto. Fig. 2is a vertical sectional view of the jelly-glass and its lid with the securing device removed. Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the jelly-glass shown in Fig.'1, and Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the means for securing the top in position.

The glass l is of the ordinary construction, the form shown being selected merely as a type or' the articles to which our invention is applicable. This glass is formed with a groove 2 near its upper edge 3. lA lid 4 is placed in position on the upper edge, and an elastic ring 5 is interposed between the upper edge of the glass and the lid 4. A bar or stiff section 6, of metal, is formed with downwardly-extending legs 7 7, which have inwardly-turned ends 8 8, the distance between the legs 7 7 being less than the full diameter ofthe topL of the glass, so that when the section 6 is applied in position ony the glass it will not lie on a line diametrically of the glass, but will be parallel to such line a little to one side thereof.

Upon the section 6 at about the center thereof we secure an arm 9 by a pivot lO, said arm 9 having a depending leg 1l with an inwardlyturned end l2 that also engages the slot 2, and the arm being of such'length that when it is swung around to the position shown in Figs. 1 and 3 it will occupy a position parallel to or at one side of a radial line projected from the center of the top or lid 4 and the circumference of the same. The securing device is shown in position on the glass in Figs. l and 3 of the drawings, and the arm 9 being turned on its pivotal point gradually assumes a position where it exerts considerable tension on the section 6, this tension serving to maintain the section 6 and the arm 9 in position and to maintain the top or lid l pressed tightly down upon the ring 5, thereby producing' an air-tight joint. When it is desired to take off thelid` it is only necessary to move the arm 9i in the direction of the dotted arrow X or' Fig. 3 to the position shown in dotted lines and then move the section 6 in the direction of the dotted arrow Y to the position shown in dottedlines, whereupon the lid can be lifted olf the glass.

The arm 9, it will be observed, is from its pivotal point to the depending' leg ll somewhat longer than that portion oi' the section 6 from the pivot 10 to the depending leg 7, and the advantage of so constructing the arm 9 is that the parts may be folded together, with the depending leg ll overlapping or outside of the depending leg 7, so that the device may be snugly folded for transportation or for storage when it is not in use upon the glass.

Having described our invention, we claim-- The combination with a vessel having a groove near its edge, and a lid,-of a lid-fastener IOO the pivotal point and the edge of the lid, and

of greater length than the distance between the pivotal point and the downturned ends of the lirst-named bar.

In testimony whereof we afx our signatures in the presence of two witnesses.

JOSEPH BONIG. JOHANN POHR,

Witnesses:

H. C. EVERT, E. E. POTTER. 

